Potato chips are disappearing from Japan!

People are going crazy searching for crisps in Japan right now. The shelves in the supermarkets are empty. Some people even buy bags of them whenever they find for stock. Potato chips are disappearing! What is going on?

The main potato producer in Japan is Hokkaido but because of the thphoon, they had a very bad harvest last year. This has affected snack companies this year. Two big companies, calbee and Koikeya have announced that they will discontinue the sales. So now, people are tunning around supermarket to supermarket, konbini to konbini to get the last bags of potato chips.